Last year, we shared Colorado photos from PeopleofWalmart.com. But a lot of unusual folks have passed through those doors between now and then — so we’ve collected a brand new batch of shots featuring our friends and neighbors at their most memorable. Included among them: special guest appearances by Tony…
Paul Noel Fiorino was among six mayoral hopefuls who didn’t collect enough signatures to qualify for the ballot — although a whopping ten others managed to do so. But unlike Marcus Giavanni, Fiorino isn’t contesting this decision. Instead, he plans to run as a write-in, even as he offers the…
In a recent post, a Colorado Public Radio executive said the troubles at National Public Radio hadn’t impacted CPR — and while he conceded that a possible elimination of federal funding being pushed by some politicos would hurt, it wouldn’t be fatal. Maybe that’s true for CPR, notes one reader,…
Update: Still no release from the Denver Police Department about the shooting on the 2800 block of West Vassar early Saturday morning. However, the Denver coroner’s office has identified the victim in the incident as Jacob Lauver, 21. At this point, the official cause of death is pending an autopsy…
The CU Buffs got screwed out of a ticket to the Big Dance, but the University of Northern Colorado Bears’ Big Sky tournament victory means they’ll take part in March Madness. Of course, most experts think you’d have to be crazy to believe UNC could topple their opponent, San Diego…
Battle: Los Angeles topped the weekend box office, bringing in an estimated $36 million. But will it also improve Jeff Peckman’s chances of becoming Denver’s mayor? He hopes so. Peckman appears in numerous spots hyping the alien-invasion flick, including a featurette with assorted experts talking about extraterrestrial life of the…
In April 2009, Michael DeHerrera was talking on a cell phone when Officer Devin Sparks began wailing on him, apparently without provocation — an incident captured in a video on view below. Since release of the footage, observers concerned with excessive-force complaints have called for Sparks’s firing — and now,…
Update: We still don’t know the specifics about what happened in the murders of Charles and Marilyn Long, and the severe wounding of two of their children, allegedly by their twelve-year-old son — nor do we know whether he’ll be accused as an adult. But with the release of charging…
The High Times Medical Cannabis Cup is coming to Denver on April 2 and 3 at the Exdo Event Center. It’s just the second such event the pot-smoker’s favorite mag has sponsored in America — and according to executive editor Dan Skye, heading to Denver following last year’s visit to…
Last fall, Men’s Health magazine — which seems to exist solely in order to rank cities in various random categories — put Denver fifth on its list of sex-loving metropolises. This was disappointing, since just two years earlier the Mile High City had ranked number one when it came to…
“Bug Bedlam,” Melanie Asmar, March 3 The Dirty Truth Damn it! I am tired of reading and listening to stories that are sugar-coated or just too plain stupid to acknowledge. Bedbugs were brought back to America by people coming from other countries. I am a child of the ’50s. I…
Theron Harrison is frenetic today. Pacing back and forth in mismatched stocking feet — one black sock, one white — he glides on tiptoe across the wood floor in the neat living room of his family’s house in northeast Park Hill, thumping a mini-football against the wall as he dictates…
“Playing With Fire,” Alan Prendergast, March 10 Where There’s Smoke, There’s Ire Alan Prendergast’s “Playing With Fire” is very disturbing. It portrays the judicial system with a “hang ’em high” approach, which I think is fitting. However, the quote from Patryce Engel that “previous conduct by anyone, whether a juvenile or an…
Bedbugs are the stuff of horror movies — an army of bloodsuckers that sup on your flesh when you’re most vulnerable. But they can be good for sales: The fear of getting eaten whilst sleeping is enough to convince most people to buy a product that claims to kill them…
Congratulations, Denver: You have officially been swallowed up whole by the Matrix. Men’s Health recently came out with its list of the country’s most socially networked cities, and Denver, of all places, came in third. Do we get a prize for this? Like a new FarmVille animal or something?…
The Denver mayoral race is finally starting to see some heat. Michael Hancock issued a press release Friday that called out contender Chris Romer for hiring an out-of-state political research firm to dig up information on other candidates — a well-known campaign tactic known as “opposition research.”…
Amid ribbon-cutting and speeches, balloon hats and live raptors, the Denver Public Library held a grand opening for its newest addition Saturday: the Green Valley Ranch Branch Library. The $11.4 million project, paid for out of bond funds authorized four years ago, arrives at a time when DPL and other…
Denver blog posts just keep rollin’ along. Mile High Report’s Troy Hufford: With the NFL Players Association advising draft picks to boycott the April ceremony, there may be no photo ops for the Broncos or anyone else. Colorado Independent’s Scot Kersgaard: The Denver mayor’s race ad wars are kicked off…
Update: It would be an exaggeration to say that accused public masturbator and groper Gage Walker Lopez was caught red-handed. Instead, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, an anonymous bust led to his arrest on charges of unlawful sexual contact and second-degree burglary. Look below to see the JCSO…
Update: A memorial service for Kyle Dyas, music director for KUNC, who took his own life earlier this month, has now been scheduled for 1 p.m. Friday, March 18, at the First United Methodist Church in Fort Collins; click here for more information. The event is dubbed “a celebration of…
The Medical Marijuana Industry Group is acknowledged as a powerful organization in the MMJ community — but until now, its reps have declined to speak with Westword. Below, executive director Michael Elliott breaks the ice by providing basic info and weighing in on HB 1261, a bill to establish THC…
The video included in Alan Prendergast’s post about Chuck Zukowski, an El Paso reserve deputy sheriff dismissed for implying the department wasn’t trained to deal with the paranormal, may have elicited snickers from cynics. But one reader had a very different reaction, for reasons that had to do with an…
